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CHIRP Podcasts
Artist Interviews Megiapa Interview
This week, Features co-director Mick R speaks with Chicago-based multigenre artist Megiapa. They discuss her genre-less approach to music, her Ohio roots and how it shaped her musical upbringing, how her brother's first turntables taught her her first lessons about producing music, the push to create music in the moment of inspiration on her most recent album Diddies Vol. 1, and the reasons she chose and stuck with her stage name.
"I think the [...] most fun, comes from those moments when you just have a quick idea and it actually turns out to be something that's catchy or effective emotionally or just representative of the moment in which you came up with it, and that you delivered upon it. I think there's something special in that moment." - Megiapa
Produced by Jessi D
Photo Credit: Megiapa
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Artist Interviews SiP/Prezzano Interview
This week for the CHIRP Radio Artist Interview Series, we caught up with Jimmy and Pete of the Chicago-based electronic production duo SiP/Prezzano. We talked about how they met and decided to start working together, the overlap between their individual styles, and their debut, self-titled album. Interview by Mick R.
SiP/Prezzano's album is out on Moon Glyph.
"We definitely have some different ideas and always want to try different approaches." - Jimmy Lacy
Produced by Mick R.
Image Credit: Drew Ryan
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Artist Interviews Lakshmi Ramgopal Interview
This week, Features co-director Jessi D speaks with Chicago- and New York-based artist Lakshmi Ramgopal. They discuss how her experience as a professor of history at Columbia University shapes her collaborative and storytelling skills as an artist, her shift to longer-term sound installations and site-specific ensemble performances, her previous work in Love and Radiation, how the death of her grandmother caused her to move towards working through her personal life in her art, and her familial and cultural legacy.
"This has been a really important way for me to understand my changing relationship with my family and also my cultural heritage over the course of my life and all the tensions that come from being a second-generation Indian woman and growing up in a bicultural household; I think it has helped me think on what kind of legacy I want to have." - Lakshmi Ramgopal
Produced by Jessi D.
Photo Credit: Stephanie Jense
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Artist Interviews Eris Drew Interview
Rave and house artist Eris Drew proves that she is the High Priestess of the Motherbeat on her debut LP Quivering In Time, released on her own T4T LUV NRG label. She talks with features co-director Mick R about the influence of Terence McKenna on her work, the magic and science behind dance music, and the importance that safety plays in clubs and at festivals.
Quivering In Time is out on T4T LUV NRG.
"There's something really magical about dance events. And the kinds of experiences I've had at some of them can only be described as life changing or mystical or spiritual on some level." - Eris Drew
Production by Mick R.
Photo Credit: Eris Drew.
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Artist Interviews St. Marlboro Interview
This week, Features contributor Mike Nikolich speaks with Kyle Paulin, Anthony Cook, Garrett Campbell, and Derek Dare of Chicago's St. Marlboro. They discuss their punk roots and how it shows through in the indie country they play today, their recent release show at Schuba's for their LP Photo Album, and how spending time at Anthony's grandmother's empty house during the pandemic served as the visual inspiration for their series of singles and album.
"I find a lot of inspiration when I'm playing live. Sometimes when a song hasn't been recorded yet, I'm kind of developing it during the live shows, trying different things, and seeing what feels right." - Anthony Cook
Produced by Mike Nikolich.
Photo Credit: Bobby Serwa
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